Targets for Athlete Performance and the Sport System

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combined SFAF/SRP is the most effective approach for establishing forecasts for athlete performance, evaluating progress and assessing future potential based on an evaluation of the high performance program. The specific athlete performance targets need to be supported by concomitant P/T athlete development targets and long term athlete development plans. To do this, a P/T SRP at the various levels to assess and monitor progress toward the set of athlete performance objectives is recommended. Action #1: Targets for the Sport System With the Canadian Targets for sport clearly defined, the objective of this section is to identify the critical components of the sport system that are needed at each level of the long term athlete development model to reach the Canadian Targets. The goal here is to put in place a Canadian Sport System that is capable of achieving the Excellence objectives of the Canadian Sport Policy and the Canadian Targets as described above. Key Performance Indicators Work Group #4 considered international sport development system trends and domestic research to identify the essential systemic components, or best practices that would be required in a Canadian Sport System to promote the maximum development of Canadian athlete potential and future international success. These critical sport system components can be viewed as key lead indicators of future athlete performance, or key performance indicators of the sport system. The key performance indicators can serve as targets for sport system development by guiding evaluation and intervention in several key areas. Future SRPs may identify additional components that need to be incorporated. Appendix C presents the detailed key performance indicators for the sport system identified by Work Group #4. Three main areas of the sport system that were identified as being important included: 1. Managing Knowledge, Learning, and Innovation including; • Applied Sport Research • International Competitive Intelligence 2. Core Sport System Activities including; • Planning, Investment, and Evaluation • Talent Identification and Athlete Monitoring • Coach Development and Support • Athlete Training, Competition, and Support • Facilities and Equipment • Officiating • Events and Hosting 3. Athlete and Coach Satisfaction Athlete Performance and Sport System Targets, Evaluation, and Investment Page 26
The appendix presents characteristics or components of an ideal Canadian Sport System at each level of the long term athlete development model that would be required for successful international athlete performance. These characteristics should be viewed as targets for the Canadian Sport System. Work Group #4 did not identify specific measures or measurable objectives for each of the components of the sport system. This work requires further research and international intelligence and is best carried out by sport experts, using an evolving process similar to the SRP and in a manner that is consistent with the Canadian Targets. Among other areas, the sport system targets presented in Appendix C address the following specific areas that Work Group #4 was asked to examine in Action #1, including: 1. identification and nurturing of talented athletes and teams; 2. training and competitive opportunities for the next generation of high performance athletes; 3. employment and working conditions of qualified coaches working full-time with high performance athletes; and All of these factors, or key lead indicators of athlete performance, need to be considered at each of the levels of identified athletes and where gaps exist, strategies must be designed to meet the identified requirement. The specific gaps and the recommended F-P/T initiatives to address these gaps are outlined in the Action #2 - F-P/T Initiatives section below. Finally, specific secondary or supplementary athlete performance targets at Olympic and Paralympic Games should be considered as measures of the overall health of the sport system and the depth of the pool of talented athletes with medal potential. The supplemental targets can also provide an indication of the ability of the sport system to produce athletes with medal potential in the long term. For example, measures such as the following could be considered: • The number of Top 8 performances • The number of athletes that win medals, which would include all the athletes on medal winning teams/crews/pairs • Canada’s rank when each sport is awarded the same value, a concept equivalent to the Canada Games Flag Competition • Canada’s rank when the number of athletes that qualify for the Games in the individual sports is considered • The number of teams that qualify for the Games as well as achieve Top 8 and podium performances at the Games Specific sport system targets in these areas would complement the Canadian Targets because they can provide supplementary measures of Canada’s international competitiveness and well as an indicator of future medal potential, and thus might have an impact on Canada’s sport culture in the long term. These targets might also provide governments with specific measures that would allow them to evaluate its interest, ability, and priorities for increased resources as the needs of future medalists are perceived by almost all of the provinces as a Sport Canada-COC responsibility. The identification of specific supplementary athlete performance targets requires Athlete Performance and Sport System Targets, Evaluation, and Investment Page 27
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